The Washington critic., 1887-09-13
I'LL Penna. Avenue.
OUR STREET RAILWAYS.
How to Reach All Portions of tho
National CanItnl,

NhtOhhl CAPITAL.
Fare for each person on all lines, 3 cent?.
Tickets are sold by driver or conductor Of
all ears. @ for ~ cents. good on any line
and Georgetown lailroad-Starts
at Georgetown, corner Of High street, down
Bridge street, across Rock Creek, east along
pennsylvania avenue, passing circle con
tanning NILS statue Of Washington; Cor
cornu Gallery, State War and Navy Depart.
ments; Presidents House, Lafayette square,
containing Mills equestrian statue ut An
drew Jackson; Department OF Justice thnlt.
ing at Fiitt enth street, whore transfers arc
given to Fourteenth street Branch Fifteenth
street, past Riggs House and Treasury De-
purtment; again down Pennsylvania avenue
by Willard and other hotels, aud through
the principal business portion of the city,
crossing seventh street west ut Center
Market twhcrc transfers arc given to the
seventh Street Branch. going north toward
Boundary street or south to Potomac RivCr)
past Botanical Gardens TO Naval Monument
(hCre transfers are given TO branch running
to Baltimore and ohio Railroad depot, as
ccnding south side Of Capitol llill cuntin.
ulng along u street south to Pennsylvania
avenue, turning into Eighth street east, past
the Marine Barracks to Navy-lard gate.
Returning, same route and conditions
Fourteenthstrect Branch Starts at New
York avenue and Fifteenth street west, out
Fourteenth street 10 Boundary, passing
Franklin Square and Thomas Statue. Ro
turning. same route. Transfers given to and
from main or Avenue line. Connects with
cars TO Mount Pleasant every half hour.
Fare, . cents additional.
Eeventhstrect Branch-Starts at Boundary
and runs due south across the city along
Seventh street west, passing Mount Vernon
Square, Patent and Postofices, odd Eel.
lows Hall, crossing PENNSYLVANIA avenue
at Centre Market and City POstOiliCo twhere
transfers are given TO the main or Ayenue
lincl, continuing across tho Mall past the
Smithsonian Institution and National Mu-
scum, TO the wharves of the Mount Vernon,
Norfolk and other steamers and Alexandria
ferry. Returning, same route.
Metropolitan Hallway Georgetown,
where II makes "a circuit of West, High,
Fayette, Second, Dumbarton and Mont
gomery streets, passing near Georgetown
College, Academy of the Visitation, High
Service Reservoir, and oak Hill Cemetery,
over Rock Creek to = street north, thence
along Connecticut avenue, amidst the pala-
tial residences of the West End, including
that Of the British ministers. along Seven
teenth street west to II street north, Four
teenth street TO f, passing Willard's and the
Ebhitt House, crossing Ninth street (where
transfers are given to the Ninthstreet
Branch, past the Patent and Post Offices,
to Fifth street, to Louisiana avenue, passing
Judiciary Square, City Hall, and Lincoln
Monument; Indiana avenue TO & street, by
the Baltimore and Ohio depot 70 Delaware
avenue, to ID street north, TO First street
east, thence along East Capitol street to Lin
coin Park Returning, same route going
west, except along New Jersey avenue and
d street instead Of Indiana avenue.
Cars also leave the west front Of tho State,
War and Navy Departments ut convenient
Intervals. connecting with above line at
Seventeenth and II streets.
Ninth street Dranch-Starts at northern ter
minus of Seventh street west twhere II con
meets with Silver Springs BranchL divers!ng
to Ninth street, thence south passing
Mount Vernon Square, Masonic Temple,
Patent and Postoflices at f. street (where
transfers are given to main line east or
west thence TO Il street, passing Centre
.t a. baltimore and pptnfnNp npngf
Sixth street To Missouri avenue, TO Four
and-a'half street, thence to thc Arsenal
gate and steamboat wharyCs, Potomac
River Returning by same route.
Silver Springs Tranch-Starts from northern
terminus of Ninth.street Branch, following
Seventh street road, past Howard Uuiy0r-
sity and SchuetZen Park to entrance 10
grounds Of Soldiers Home. Returning,
same route.
Columbia Iinilway-Starts at Fifteenth street
west, southeast of Treasury Department,
along New York avenue to It's intersection
with Massachusetts avenue ut seventh
ii street north, past the Government Print-
Ing OiliCe 10 boundary and beginning OF
Baltimore turnpike and Benning's Bridge
road. Returning, same route,
North Capitol and o Street Tor Belt) Railroad
Starts from Maryland avenue and Four
and 'a-lali street, thence cast 10 First west,
north TO & street, west to Fourth street,
north TO street, west to Eleventh street,
street, south to Ohio avenue, east u
Twelfth street, south to Virginia avenue
and east 10 starting point. Returning, same
route except passing cast over U instead OF
L street.
This line also has short connecting roads run
ming TO the Centre Market, Potomac river
steamboat wharycs, Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, Washington Monument and
Eleventh and Boundary,
Anacostia misunderstanding from foot Of
Seventh street, along NJ street south
past nayy-yard gate. TO Twelfth street cast,
and over the Auacostia Bridge 20 Union
town and the Government Hospital for the
Insane, Returning, same route. Transfers
- and from Avenue Line or Scycnthstrtel
Branch Washington and Georgetown Ran
road, 3 cents.
Hordio coaches are running from the Navy
Yard via Pennsylvania avenue 10 twenty,
second and q streets northwest, Fare, :
cents; six tickets for - cents. horsG-Cat
tickets are also received rs fare.
Herdlc cabs are run 10 any part OF the city,
Fare, % cents, within 1 mile; o cents per
hour for one passenger; 81 per hour for
more than one Stands, East Capitol iroRt
and Pennsylvania ayuuuu aud Seventh
street northwest.
Providence Hospital Is ON the south side uf %
street, between Second and Third south
east. with pretty park IN front Reached
by the avenue line Of cars,